Antwix
Member
Yeah I have the aspects. I mean I got all 4 stash tabs jammed full of legendaries. I just didn't know if you could "overwrite" existing legardary powers by imprinting a new aspect on it.
You do, yeah.
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amigastar
Member
"To unlock World Tier 3, you need to have finished every act in the campaign and you need to complete the Cathedral of Light Capstone dungeon in Kyovashad."
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
We are to blame for this!
Mephisto40
Member
You have to complete the capstone dungeon at level 50 to access world tier 3
GenericUser
Member
sinners!
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
I feel like world tier two (although advertised as "hard mode") feels like "normal mode", and 1 is "easy mode". If that makes sense.
Getting my butt kicked in tier 2, but I'm enjoying the challenge. This definitely feels better than the demo, which was so easy it was almost boring. I'm finding that I really have to pay attention to my skill unlocks, and actually use my chosen skills strategically in order to win. Some boss fights are downright brutal. Buffs from clearing dungeons actually matter.
Really digging this game. I wish I could have stayed home from work today - and the rest of the week, actually - to play it.
Getting my butt kicked in tier 2, but I'm enjoying the challenge. This definitely feels better than the demo, which was so easy it was almost boring. I'm finding that I really have to pay attention to my skill unlocks, and actually use my chosen skills strategically in order to win. Some boss fights are downright brutal. Buffs from clearing dungeons actually matter.
Really digging this game. I wish I could have stayed home from work today - and the rest of the week, actually - to play it.
Beastclaw Raider
Banned
Definitely do enough for extra potions then I'd say wait for when you complete the campaign because there will be the whispering tree that will give you a currency once completing dungeons in exchange of good XP and a loot box.
You get also get renown exploring the map, doing sidequests, strongholds etc.. definitely do the strongholds it's 100 renown points
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GymWolf
Gold Member
Mossybrew
Gold Member
Yeah it's been an adjustment for sure, but this does feel more fun & engaging than just steamrolling everything immediately.
cormack12
Gold Member
I've noticed some tiers are locked until wt3, if you grind out everything, does it track the renown and just unlock automatically when you Advance to wt3 in that instance?
Beastclaw Raider
Banned
* Fastest selling based on more units sold on all platforms before launch (through June 5, 2023).
Buuut buuut preorders and early access is baaaaaad
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Buuut buuut preorders and early access is baaaaaad
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Draugoth
Gold Member
I gree, at that price point, it's no longer Microtransactions btw.
Dont let Blizzard know about it.
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cormack12
Gold Member
Microtransaction
Macrotransaction
GymWolf
Gold Member
Speaking about cinematics, the intro was incredible.
Beastclaw Raider
Banned
Level scaling is irrelevant, it's all about item power.
Ogbert
Member
I know.
But it makes levelling a sincere chore and, even if it tied to item power, you’ll just end up increasing the WT to get item improvements, which again negates the item power advantage.
As I say, I understand why it’s there, but the game is much, *much* more of an MMO than I was hoping for.
manfestival
Member
is just about every build viable for world tier 1 and then I just move into harder after the campaign for mixmaxing I take it?
Mikado
Member
If you haven't already. you need to get to WT3 before the 50+ & `Sacred` items start to drop.
In the low 50's even at WT3 there will still be Salvage/Vendor fodder that drops in the mid to high 40's.
Freeman76
Member
Ive been in WT1 all the way through, im not a great player and struggle with Sorceror above WT1. Havent gotten many decent drops so my gear kinda sucks. Ive gone with a pure fire build and all the legendaries that have dropped are either lightning or ice affixes, literally havent found any that support my build
Beastclaw Raider
Banned
It is indeed more like a MMO for character development in the endgame. Basically like wow and item power to reach a higher tier.
Beastclaw Raider
Banned
Exactly. You will find the exact same gear in w1 and w2, you only gain a exp and gold bonus. You can play w2 for campaign if you want a tougher gameplay, most say it's not worth it and just do the w3 challenge once you've done the campaign and got your legendary aspects and gear for it
Mikado
Member
Ive been in WT1 all the way through, im not a great player and struggle with Sorceror above WT1. Havent gotten many decent drops so my gear kinda sucks. Ive gone with a pure fire build and all the legendaries that have dropped are either lightning or ice affixes, literally havent found any that support my build
Note that you can also upgrade your gear at the BS. This provides an effective numerical power boost equivalent to easily 5 or more Raw Item Levels.
So I played through the campaign in WT2 and it was more or less okay but I was getting pretty hard-blocked at the WT3 access dungeon, specifically the final boss. I thought it was supposed to be a skill check as the boss spams mechanics everywhere but it turns out it's actually a gear/build check - with correct DPS/defence he dies quickly enough that the mechanics are much less of an issue because the fight doesn't last long enough to even run out of potions to Brute Force it.
I readjusted my build a bit - Got rid of all but the minimum points on my Generator/Builder/Basic, switched to a better Single Target Core skill and dropped the Ultimate which wasn't very useful for bossing anyway. Also grabbed a legendary with an affix that worked well with my new Core skill - even though it was kinda lowish level, the utility provided by the affix was important. Went much better then.
Bry0
Member
When I attempted the level 70 capstone at level 53 I was getting almost one shotted but was still killing fairly easily. Is there some kind of resistance penalty or something for big level gaps? I guess I keep thinking of world tiers like torment/difficulty levels when it’s really just more leveling.
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manfestival
Member
Thank you. Yeah that is going to be my approach then. Stick to W1 for this campaign and then approach end game like I do for most games.
cormack12
Gold Member
In World Tier 3, Diablo 4's demons can now drop Sacred and Unique items, which are both more powerful than Legendary items. You also can find Nightmare Sigils to unlock Nightmare dungeons for powerful loot. Helltides start spawning around the world and feature high-level monsters to defeat for rare items. This is also where monsters start to gain resistances to certain elements, too.
- 100% XP bonus
- Non-physical resistances reduced by 20% for the player
- Increased enemy difficulty
- Champion monsters can spawn
- Sacred and Unique items can drop
- Nightmare Sigils can drop
geary
Member
The extended cinematic between Inarius and Lilith…chef’s kiss…You can say anything about Blizzard, but noone does cinematics like them.
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Beastclaw Raider
Banned
Non physical resistances is -20%
clarky
Gold Member
Great game, production values through the roof. Maybe the new car smell will wear off, I'm sure the warts and annoyances will surface at some point. But for now I've thoroughly enjoyed myself.
Say what you want about GAAS but this is an example of it done right (so far).
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Level 58 now, just doing nightmare dungeons (~tier 13-15 depending on the key I have available. Pretty mixed on the game overall....the action stuff is great, the rpg stuff is not.
Good stuff:
-Moment to moment action is awesome
-Looks and sounds fantastic
-Aspects are fun to get initially from dungeons and a cool way to augment gear
-Being able to skip the campaign and having renown/lilith statues carry to alts is nice
-World itself is cool and well designed
-Decent variety of end game activities, though Nightmare dungeons do kinda feel much more optimal
-The PvP is surprisingly fun
-Superrrr stable launch and weekend.
Bad stuff:
-Itemization is awful. Most of the affixes suck and the marginal % increases you get on the ones that don't suck are barely noticeable due to the way scaling/progression is handled. There's nothing akin to hitting a breakpoint in Diablo 2 for example. You get a few extra % on the stats you want but then you just go up a key level anyway so the monsters are equally more powerful. Basically means you're doing the same content over and over again.
-The bad itemization is compounded with the way loot is distributed - need a filter/some way to see if shit is worth picking up. The names of items as they drop indicate basically nothing about their quality so you're sifting through a ton of garbage at the end of each run. Basically just scanning the ilvl and tossing everything out that's below x.
-Further compounded by the upgrade/aspect system - when you do get an upgrade it's so marginal but you also have to invest heavily into it with upgrades and aspects (especailly if you're at the point where you're not using the base aspect and instead trying to get a better, extracted version)
-The uniques so far are pretty wack
-Level scaling sucks and is lazy. It's terrible during the campaign as leveling up often makes you feel weaker - basic enemies just become sponges at certain points. Combine this with the tediously incremental item power creep and it just feels very homogenized.
-Once you've got your build you're basically locked in to most aspects and again, you start the search for the items with the good rolls on them to extract
-Basically it's an incredibly grindy end game but by the time you actually start to see those power spikes that you want out of an ARPG, there's no real reason to continue playing
-It's nice that they let you skip the campaign and stuff on alts but it's hard to imagine doing that grind several times over. Feels like a game I'll come back to every few seasons for a week
-World is cool and well designed but also pretty samey. Not many memorable areas (parts of act 5/6 come to mind, the tree area is super cool). It all just blends together.
Good stuff:
-Moment to moment action is awesome
-Looks and sounds fantastic
-Aspects are fun to get initially from dungeons and a cool way to augment gear
-Being able to skip the campaign and having renown/lilith statues carry to alts is nice
-World itself is cool and well designed
-Decent variety of end game activities, though Nightmare dungeons do kinda feel much more optimal
-The PvP is surprisingly fun
-Superrrr stable launch and weekend.
Bad stuff:
-Itemization is awful. Most of the affixes suck and the marginal % increases you get on the ones that don't suck are barely noticeable due to the way scaling/progression is handled. There's nothing akin to hitting a breakpoint in Diablo 2 for example. You get a few extra % on the stats you want but then you just go up a key level anyway so the monsters are equally more powerful. Basically means you're doing the same content over and over again.
-The bad itemization is compounded with the way loot is distributed - need a filter/some way to see if shit is worth picking up. The names of items as they drop indicate basically nothing about their quality so you're sifting through a ton of garbage at the end of each run. Basically just scanning the ilvl and tossing everything out that's below x.
-Further compounded by the upgrade/aspect system - when you do get an upgrade it's so marginal but you also have to invest heavily into it with upgrades and aspects (especailly if you're at the point where you're not using the base aspect and instead trying to get a better, extracted version)
-The uniques so far are pretty wack
-Level scaling sucks and is lazy. It's terrible during the campaign as leveling up often makes you feel weaker - basic enemies just become sponges at certain points. Combine this with the tediously incremental item power creep and it just feels very homogenized.
-Once you've got your build you're basically locked in to most aspects and again, you start the search for the items with the good rolls on them to extract
-Basically it's an incredibly grindy end game but by the time you actually start to see those power spikes that you want out of an ARPG, there's no real reason to continue playing
-It's nice that they let you skip the campaign and stuff on alts but it's hard to imagine doing that grind several times over. Feels like a game I'll come back to every few seasons for a week
-World is cool and well designed but also pretty samey. Not many memorable areas (parts of act 5/6 come to mind, the tree area is super cool). It all just blends together.
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Bry0
Member
I’m seeing some people also saying that for every level a monster is above you, there is an additional penalty to your resistances from their hits. I think I am also realizing now that I was doing the 70 capstone dungeon when I actually meant to do the 60 capstone. I will have to try it to tonight.
JusticeForAll
Gold Member
I played the beta until level 20 with a barb. This I'm playing with a necromancer because it was my favourite class in Diablo 2 (followed by the barb).
Game seems... easier? Necromancer with bone splinters, bone spear, corpse explosion and
upgraded minions (5 skeleton skirmishers and 3 ice mages, not even a Golem yet) and I'm destroying everything without a sweat. Playing on veteran now, of course, but if I could I would switch one difficulty level higher.
Apart from that, I find the game super enjoyable.
Is the necromancer OP compared to the barb, or did they make the game easier compared to the beta?
Game seems... easier? Necromancer with bone splinters, bone spear, corpse explosion and
upgraded minions (5 skeleton skirmishers and 3 ice mages, not even a Golem yet) and I'm destroying everything without a sweat. Playing on veteran now, of course, but if I could I would switch one difficulty level higher.
Apart from that, I find the game super enjoyable.
Is the necromancer OP compared to the barb, or did they make the game easier compared to the beta?
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Sleepwalker
Member
Freeman76
Member
As much as I love the game, I do see where you're coming from. The thing I loved most about D3 was the way you could almost break the game with how powerful you could get. This feels way different, its always a struggle. Could be my build/gear, but even at the end of the campaign and after many dungeons, I havent had one drop that suddenly meant I felt I can up the diffoculty. Im hoping this changes with endgame activities, but im fearing its gonna be more of the same.
manfestival
Member
Wild lifestyle got people living real goodWhy are all the druids in this game so fat? I wanna try the druid class but both male and female druids look so fat.
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
botox demon
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
Why are all the druids in this game so fat? I wanna try the druid class but both male and female druids look so fat.
HOW DARE YOU????
Miyazaki’s Slave
Gold Member
TFW a sacred rare staff drops and adds 495 attack power over your 4x upgraded legendary items from the last 5 minutes of the campaign.